Field Hockey Travels to Lehigh for Saturday Patriot League Matchup

Bucknell (4-7, 3-0 PL) at Lehigh (7-5, 1-1 PL)
When: Saturday, Oct. 8 at 11 a.m.
Where: Ulrich Field – Bethlehem, Pa.
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Stats: LehighSports.com

About Bucknell

Bucknell plays a single game at Lehigh this weekend for its fourth Patriot League contest of the season. It's Bucknell's final road game of the regular season as it plays its last five at Graham Field over the next three weeks.
The Bison are tied for first place in the Patriot League with Boston U. (5-5, 3-0 PL) following a 5-3 win at Colgate last Saturday. The game up in Hamilton, N.Y. was a back-and-forth affair that featured three lead changes. Bucknell's five goals and 13 points were both season highs, and it attempted 20 shots for a third time this season. The team then suffered a 3-0 loss to Cornell in a non-league matchup.
Putting together a career performance against the Raiders on Saturday was sophomore Isabella Pavlides, who accounted for five points on two goals and an assist. The Voorhees, N.J. native opened the scoring with a goal just two minutes into the contest, and she added another with under 12 minutes to play to give the Bison a two-goal lead. Pavlides now ranks second on the team in goals (3), assists (4) and points (10).
As a team, Bucknell ranks third in the league in shots per game (8.09), goals per game (2.0) and points per game (5.91). The Bison are also first among Patriot League teams with 1.91 assists per contest.
Leading the assists effort is senior Mackenzie Kile, who added two more to her career total against the Raiders. Kile is now up to eight on the season, which leads the league, and 27 in her career, which ranks fourth all-time in the Bucknell record book.
Lily Neilson also made her way into the school record book with the 25th goal of her career, which is good enough for 10 all-time. The sophomore tied the Colgate game early in the second quarter with her 10th goal of the season, which leads the Patriot League.
Kayla Kisthart and Maddie Rehak added goals over the weekend. Kisthardt is tied for third on the team with eight points this fall, and she's tied for sixth in the league in assists (4).
Also appearing among league leaders is Kira Leclercq, who is tied for second with four defensive saves.
Goalkeeper Clara McCormick started both games in the cage for Bucknell last weekend and has started nine of 11 this fall. She owns a 0.574 save percentage and a 3.04 goals against average.
The Bison are now 0-6 when playing on Sundays but 4-1 when competing on Fridays and Saturdays. Bucknell is 2-2 at home, 2-4 on the road and 0-1 in neutral site games.
Bucknell was picked third in the 2022 Patriot League Field Hockey Preseason Poll. American finished first in the poll and was followed by Lafayette, which is how the standings ended up last fall.
Bucknell is under the direction of first-year head coach Kelsey Kolojejchick. Kolojejchick, a former four-time All-American out of the University of North Carolina and a Junior Pan American Games gold medalist, arrived at Bucknell after spending the past four years as an assistant at Harvard.

Scouting Lehigh

The Mountain Hawks have won five in a row to get to 7-5 overall and 1-1 in league play. Lehigh won 3-2 at Lafayette and fell 4-1 at Boston U. in its league games.
The Mountain Hawks were picked to finish fourth in the Patriot League preseason poll after finishing 11-7 overall and 4-2 in league play in 2021. Lehigh fell to eventual-champion American in the semifinal round of the tournament.
Lehigh ranks second in the Patriot League in both points per game (5.67) and goals per game (2.17). Six times this season the Mountain Hawks have scored three or more in a contest.
2021 NFHCA Second Team All-Region selection Sarah Bonthuis leads the Patriot League in points with 1.92 per game. Her eight goals and 59 shots are second only to Lily Neilson, and her seven assists are second behind Mackenzie Kile. Bonthuis also leads the league with three game-winning goals this fall.
Former Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year Maddie Kahn, who has started every game of her career, currently has a 2.34 goals against average and a .718 save percentage this season.
Lehigh is under the direction head coach Caitlin Dallmeyer, who possesses a 39-58 record in seven seasons with the program. She previously spent five seasons at Dickinson College.

Series History with the Mountain Hawks

Bucknell holds a narrow 24-23-1 lead in the all-time series with the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh leads 12-10-1 in games played in Bethlehem, Pa.
Bucknell has won nine of the last 10 meetings, dating back to 2012. The Mountain Hawks picked up a 4-0 win in Bethlehem during the Spring 2021 campaign, but Bucknell has outscored Lehigh 22-9 over the last five meetings.
Bucknell won 6-1 in Lewisburg last season. After falling behind 1-0, the Bison scored one goal in the first quarter, two goals in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth. Lily Neilson supplied a hat-trick on four shots, and Noor Kaur set the single-game program record with five assists.

Up Next
Bucknell hosts Penn State at Graham Field on Friday, Oct. 14. The Richmond Spiders then pay a visit to Lewisburg on Sunday, Oct. 16.

Field Hockey Travels to Lehigh for Saturday Patriot League Matchup

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Players Mentioned

Noor Kaur

Mackenzie Kile

Kira Leclercq

Clara McCormick

Lily Neilson

Isabella Pavlides

Maddie Rehak

Field Hockey Travels to Lehigh for Saturday Patriot League Matchup

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Players Mentioned

Noor Kaur

Mackenzie Kile

Kira Leclercq

Clara McCormick

Lily Neilson

Isabella Pavlides

Maddie Rehak

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